MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The William & Mary swimming teams had an impressive outing at the three-day West Virginia Invitational over the week, highlighted by a school record performance from Claire Neilly in the 400 IM.

In total, the Tribe saw 10 event winners and nearly 30 top-16 all-time performances in school history. The women's team finished with the highest combined team score at the meet, totaling 1853 points.

As a whole, W&M finished fourth in the team standings in the field of eight.

DAY ONE
The Tribe had a highly productive opening day at the meet, seeing 10 all-time top-16 performances and four first place finishes in the finals.

Flynn Truskett won the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.00, the seventh-fastest time in school history. Ellie Scherer also won the 200 IM (2:01.52).

In the relays, the 200 freestyle team of Caroline Burgeson, Sarah Dunham, Zoe Arakelian, and Truskett took home the prize with a time of 1:32.47, another top-16 performance, as did the 400 medley relay composed of Julie Addison, Scherer, Lindsay Juhlin, and Bergeson (3:39.44). That was good for the fourth-fastest time ever.

Other notable finals performances included Tess Lankford, who clocked in the fourth-fastest time in program history in the 200 IM (2:01.56) and Lauren Tucker, who swam the women's 500 freestyle in 4:53.01 for another top-10. In addition, Aiden Bond tied for first in the men's 50 free at 19:93.

DAY TWO
The highlight of day two was the freshman phenom Neilly, who blew away the school record in the 400 IM finals with a time of 4:15.28. She broke the previous record by over four seconds en route to winning the event.

Elsewhere in day two action, the women's 200 medley relay quartet of Dunham, Scherer, Juhlin, and Burgeson took home first place with a time of 1:40.27, fourth-fastest in school history. The men's team — Logan McDonald, Brock Rempe, Alex Valliere, and Aiden Bond — placed third clocking in at 1:28.05, good for another top-five program record.

In the 100 breaststroke finals, Scherer improved upon her time in the prelims with a mark of 1:01.89 as she finished second. Sophia Heilen had the fourth-fastest time in program records, clocking in at 1:02.15.

DAY THREE
The Tribe added three first-place finishes to their tally on Friday evening. Burgeson took home the prize in the 100 freestyle, finishing in a personal-record time of 50.16.

In the 200 breaststroke, Heilen was able to improve her preliminary time with another PR, winning the finals at 2:13.74. That stands as third in the all-time records.

In addition, Truskett, Dunham, Juhlin, and Burgeson teamed up to win the 400 butterfly relay (3:22.19), securing another top-10 performance. The men's team (Valliere, Bond, McDonald, and David Yune) also swam well, placing second with a mark of 2:58.21.

Elsewhere on the women's side, Clara Bodnar timed out at 2:01.77 in the finals of the 200 butterfly, while Truskett finished the 100 freestyle in 50.52. Both were top-10 all-time performances.

UP NEXT
W&M will have the month of December off before gearing up for the Tribe Quad Meet on Jan. 11. The meet will be hosted at the Hampton Aquaplex in Hampton, Va.